(Quebec) Honored for his 40-year career by the National Assembly, singer Mario Pelchat set a precedent on Thursday in the modern history of Parliament: he pushed the note from the top of the Blue Room stands.
Posted at 12:12 p.m.
Updated at 1:26 p.m.
Spontaneously, the artist sang his first success, I am a singerafter the speeches that highlighted his exceptional career.
“Open the spotlight, I’m a singer, I’m a romantic, my life is music, I’m an entertainer, I’m a singer, I live in balance, my life on a wire, I’m a stuntman, I am a singer,” he hummed, a cappella.
The deputies immediately gave him a general ovation.
He may have been inspired by PQ spokesperson Pascal Bérubé, who in his speech briefly imitated Mario Pelchat’s unique tremolo, arousing hilarity.
Remember that in the National Assembly, only those elected on the floor of the Assembly have the right to speak. Guests and visitors in the stands, unless they want to cause a scandal, cannot speak.
In her speech, the Minister of Culture, Nathalie Roy, recalled the great successes of Mario Pelchat, his international career and his role in the musical Don Juan.
The artist received the Medal of the National Assembly in the morning, in the presence of Mr.me Roy.
The only other recent episode where a song was heard in the Blue Room: in 2019, after the adoption of the law on secularism, the deputy Sol Zanetti, of Quebec solidaire (QS), had sung back to nowherea song on Gaston Miron’s poem.